LESSON 16
Shopping (Ⅱ)
PART A Micro-Listenting
Phonetics Liaison
Ⅰ. Directions: In this part you'll hear eight sentences which are already written out for you. Listen carefully and mark every case of liaison you hear according to the example. Then read aloud after the tape.
Example: How much is ^ it?
1. This ^ is too small.
2. Here ^are your books.
3. I'll take ^ it.
4. I'm awfully sorry about ^ it.
5. Where ^ is the Grant theater.
6. I waited ^ and waited for ^ a bus.
7. How can ^ I get there?
8. I have ^ a lot of ^ trouble with spelling.
Ⅱ. Directions: You'll hear dialogue twice. Supply the missing words
A: (Can I help you)?
B: Yes, I'm looking for a present for (my mother).
A: What about (a pair of shoes) like these?
B: (Are they comfortable)?
A: Yes, they are.
B: Ok, I think (she'll like them).
A: What (size) does she wear?
B: (7).
A: (What do you think of )this pair?
B: How much are they?
A: (&35.50)
B: All right. (I'll take them).
PART B Macro_Listening
Dialogue
That's a Bargain
Ⅰ. Tapescript
Mary: Here's a nice sofa.
Tom: Yes, it is. But it's expensive, too. It's $489.99. That's almost 500 dollars.
Mary: I know. But I guess good furniture is always expensive.
Tom: Yes, but that 's too much.
Mary: Do you like this one? It's on sale. It's only $199.99.
Tom: No, not very much.
Mary: I don't either. Oh, Tom, how do you like this chair?
Tom: How much is it?
Mary: Never mind the price. Do you like it?
Tom: Yes, it's soft and comfortable. But how much...
Salesman: Can I help you, sir, madam?
Mary: We like this chair, but we're wondering if you can give us some discount.
Salesman: If you really like it, I'll give you 10% off. That will be $69.50.
Tom: That's a bargain. Let's take it, Mary.
Ⅱ. Language and Culture Notes
That's a bargain means that something is sold/bought at a low price.
Ⅲ. Exercise with Key
1. Directions: Listen to the dialogue and write 'T' true or 'F' false for each statement you hear.
1 ) The man and woman were buying some furniture.
2) The woman said that furniture was always quite expensive.
3) The man seemed to care a lot about prices.
4 ) The man and woman had made a bargain with the saleman.
5 ) The man seemed to be quite satisfied with the price, but not with the chair itself.
2. Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and supply as much information as you can about the three piece of furniture mentioned in the dialoue.
What's it?
a sofa
How much is it?
3) ($489.99)
Do they like it?
6) (No).
Why or why not?
8) (too expensive)
What's it?
1) (a sofa)
How much is it?
4) ($199.99)
Do they like it?
7) (No).
Why or why not?
/
What's it?
2) (a chair)
How much is it?
5) ($69.50)
Do they like it?
Yes.
Why or why not?
9) (soft and comfortable)
10) (10% off)
Passage
Back in Fashion
Ⅰ. Tapescript
Mary stopped outside a shoe-shop and looked in the window. For some time, She gazed at a pair of high boots on display.' They're exactly what I've been looking for', she thought.
'I'd like to buy a pair of boots like the ones you have in the window', she said to the shop-assistant. 'Could you tell me how much they are,please'?
As the price was reasonable, Mary diceded to try a pair on. The shop-assistant asked her to sit down and brought a pair. While she was helping Mary to put them on, She kept looking at Mary stocking. Mary was wearing a pair of stocking made of fine white lace.
'Excuse me for asking,' the shop-assistant said at last, 'but where did you get the stockings, We've been trying to obtain stockings like these for some time. They're the very latest fashion.'
'They're pretty, are'nt they?' Mary said. 'They were given to me by my grandmother.
Ⅱ. Exercises with Key
1. Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
1) Why did Mary stop outside a shoe-shop?
a. Because she was waiting for her friend there.
b. Because she wanted to look at the boots on display in the window.
c. Because she wanted to find out if there were boots on sale.
d. Because she stopped to read the prices of the shoes on display in the window.
2) What did Mary find in the window?
a. A very fashionable pair of boots.
b. A very comfortable pair of boots.
c. A pair of boots that she wanted.
d. A pair of boots that wer in fashion in her grandmother's time.
3) What did the shop-assistant do when Mary was trying on the new boots?
a. She stared at Mary's stockings.
b. She touched Mary's stockings.
c. She asked if Mary liked them.
d. She said she liked Mary's stockings.
4) What was the shop-assistant interested in?
a. The superior quality of Mary's stockings.
b. The style of Mary's stockings.
c. The fine white lace of Mary's stockings.
d. The color of Mary's stockings that matched the boots so well.
5) What is the main idea of the story?
a. Things that belong to an older time are more cherished.
b. Stocking s and boots should match.
c. Styles in the old days may come back to fashion again.
d. Fashions come and go, but seldom return.
2. Directions: Listen to the passage again and complete the following with the information you get from the tape.
1 The pair of boots in the window were exactly what Mary (had been looking for).
2 Mary thought the price of the boots was (reasonable).
3 Mary was wearing a pair of stockings made of (fine white lace).
4 The shop-assistant told Mary that they had been (trying to obtain stockings like these) for some time.
5 The shop-assistant believed that Mary's stockings were (the very latest fashion).
